

CURTIS SCHMIDT
A Milwaukee native, Curtis Schmidt spent the first decade of his career in advertising as a video editor. His career took him to Los Angeles, New York, Kansas City, and now his permanent home of Chicago, Illinois. During his career as a video editor, he worked for national brands such as Toyota, Gillette, Marmot, and Google. As a music video editor he edited music videos for bands like Muse, Queens of the Stone Age, and Kendrick Lamar. He was then recruited to lead the post-production departments of several successful commercial production companies, until he accepted a Director of Video Production position at a leading tech company. He built both leadership and technical skills as he progressed through positions that required him to be varying combinations of creative director, project manager, team leader, director, video editor, colorist, and cameraman.
Curtis has been an invited participant in panel discussions about post production and virtual reality for Columbia College, AICP, Chi VR (the Midwest’s largest virtual reality meet up), the Virtual and Augmented Reality Association (VR/ARA), and the Chicago Creative Pro Users Group. His passion for storytelling and new immersive technologies translates into fruitful partnerships with the companies, creatives, and agencies who collaborate with him.
CLIENT LIST
COMMERCIAL
Camping World
Zebra Technologies
Sprint
Mattel
The Onion
Google
Yahoo
Whirlpool
Busch Gardens
Country Financial
Home Depot
Gillette
Adobe
Toyota
GMC
AutoTrader.com
Education
DePaul University
Concordia University
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Miracle Whip
Wendy’s
Smith and Wollensky
Gatorade
Bud Light
Bacardi Rum
Bombay Sapphire Gin Grey Goose Vodka Ketel One Vodka
Jim Beam
VIDEO GAMES
Atari
EA Sports
Level Ex (Video Games for Doctors)
HEALTH CARE
Insightec
Shockwave IVL
Auris J&J Monarch
Butterfly Ultrasound
Boston Scientific
Medtronic
TRISH (Transitional Research for Space Health)
Gladskin MD
Neurocrine Biosciences
Abbvie
Philips
Novartis
Otezla
Johnson & Johnson
North Kansas City Hospital
Rush Hospital
Mosaic Health Care
Get Covered Illinois
FASHION
BCBG
David Yurman
K-Swiss
DSW Shoe Warehouse
Marmot
Rawlings
MUSIC VIDEOS
Lalapalooza (360 Video)
Jane's Addiction (360 Video)
Muse (2D & 360 Video)
Queens of the Stone Age
Fidlar (360 Video)
T-Pain
Kendrick Lamar
James Blunt
Kid Rock
B.O.B
Tech N9ne
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Stereophonics
Charlatans UK
SKY of Morcheba